mounting other partitions broke

Fittersman · #1 14th September 2007, 05:21 AM

i dont know when or why, but my other two partitions have stopped mounting. It wasnt too long ago that they stopped, maybe after the kernel upgrade. Here is my fstab file, maybe there is something wrong with it again...

Code:

LABEL=/1                /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/home             /home                   ext3    defaults        1 2
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
/dev/sda6               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/sda7               /mnt/share_space        vfat    auto,user,exec,rw,sync  0 0
/dev/sda1               /mnt/vista              ntfs-3g auto,user,exec,rw,sync  0 0

M4rc0 · #2 14th September 2007, 05:56 PM

hi there,

it happened the same to me after i manage the hard disk
but during boot it showed how to try

i tried this and it worked (copied from the boot help), maybe it can help you:
the first to mount, the second you can add there in the fstab file, i suggest you to try to mount first

Code:

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/your_device /mnt/your_folder -o force
/dev/your_device /mnt/your_folder ntfs-3g devfaults,force 0 0

Fittersman · #3 14th September 2007, 08:27 PM

what would "my_device" be? i tried the command but i left that part out, so this what i got:

Code:

[root@Christopher-PC cleippi]# mount -t ntfs-3g /mnt/vista -o force
Usage: mount -V                 : print version
       mount -h                 : print this help
       mount                    : list mounted filesystems
       mount -l                 : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
       mount -a [-t|-O] ...     : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
       mount device             : mount device at the known place
       mount directory          : mount known device here
       mount -t type dev dir    : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
       mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
       mount --move olddir newdir
One can change the type of mount containing the directory dir:
       mount --make-shared dir
       mount --make-slave dir
       mount --make-private dir
       mount --make-unbindable dir
One can change the type of all the mounts in a mount subtree
containing the directory dir:
       mount --make-rshared dir
       mount --make-rslave dir
       mount --make-rprivate dir
       mount --make-runbindable dir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using  -L label  or by uuid, using  -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].
For many more details, say  man 8 mount .

M4rc0 · #4 14th September 2007, 09:31 PM

hmm i'm sorry i tought you would know

first i'm considering you have ntfs-3g installed

to check where is your hd, type

Code:

su -
fdisk -l

a list will show, check where is your vista partition
that would be your device
for example: /dev/sdba1

the folder you just create one in /mnt/NAME or /media

M4rc0 · #5 14th September 2007, 09:32 PM

just noted that yours is /dev/sda1 :P

Fittersman · #6 18th September 2007, 12:34 AM

[root@Christopher-PC ~]# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/vista -o force
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
FUSE mount point creation failed
Unmounting /dev/sda1 (VistaOS)

sorry it took so long to get back to this thread....

M4rc0 · #7 18th September 2007, 02:16 AM

that's weird.. i'm afraid i can't help you much as i'm a linux-learner (still noob)

can you enter your Windows Vista normally through boot?

that command should work...

Fittersman · #8 18th September 2007, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M4rc0

that's weird.. i'm afraid i can't help you much as i'm a linux-learner (still noob)

can you enter your Windows Vista normally through boot?

that command should work...

yeah i can enter vista no problem using GRUB